Airport Shut Down: Kwara State Students Pledge Not To Join Protest

The commissioner of police, Kwara State Police Command, CP Paul Odama (psc+) on Monday held a consultative meeting with the president and some executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Kwara State Chapter on their planned protest to shut down airports.

This is contained in a statement signed by SP Okasanmi Ajayi, the Command’s Public Relations Officer on Monday in Ilorin.

The State’s Commissioner of Police stressed the need for the students to stop their planned shutting down of flight operations of the Airports in South West zone including Ilorin International Airport,

The police boss said the meeting was to seek the understanding of the NANS executive Kwara State chapter in compliance with the directive of the national students body in solidarity with members of ASUU who are on strike.

The Cp spoke to the students leaders on the need to set aside the planned protest and allow the government and ASUU settle their differences amicably.

Cp Paul Odama made it clear to the students that he was ready at all times to cooperate with the students as well as expecting them to reciprocate.

He explained to them the danger inherent in embarking on such economic damaging protest which could be hijacked by hoodlums, like it happened during the End Sars protest of 2020.

In his response, the president of the students union, Mr Suleiman Yusuf Issa, reiterated his unalloyed support and admiration to the Kwara State Police Command,

He told the CP of the collaboration between the association and the police in the state, and promised not to do anything that could jeopardize the cordial relationship and the fragile peace existing in the state.

He explained that the directive to shut down the airports by (NANS) is only binding on the Zone D axis of the association which comprises of States in the South West of the country.

Issa noted that Kwara state is in Zone C comprising states in North central axis.

He thanked the CP for inviting him and members of his executive for the parley, promising to cooperate with the command in a bid to ebsure the command succeeds in its onerous task of providing safety and security for the people and residents of Kwara state.
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